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SALISBURY -- Engineers have been on the Amesville Bridge this week to perform various tasks, reported First Selectman Curtis G. Rand at Thursday's meeting of the Board of Selectmen. The bridge has been closed to traffic since spring when first its tonnage load was reduced and then it was closed completely because of its deteriorating condition.

The one-lane span crosses the Housatonic River between Salisbury and Falls Village. Rand said every joint and rivet had to be inventoried and stress loads had to be determined. Federal requirements call for drilling into the abutment to see the strength of the underpinnings. When the work is done the towns will learn whether the one-lane configuration may be maintained or it will have to be expanded to two lanes.

“I suspect the wish of the communities is they'd like to keep its history,” said Rand.

Eighty percent of the funding will come from the federal and state government with the remaining 20 percent split by the two towns. Rand said the towns' proportions may be based on their grand lists.

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